gnash

Example Sentences

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Or Disney’s “Frozen,” from 2013, where wolves gnash as they pursue the heroine.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025

I don’t know about you, but I gnash my teeth every time I hear someone has accused a fat celebrity, model or influencer of “glorifying obesity” for simply being happy and living their life publicly.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2023

“I hate him. I hate him so much it makes me gnash my teeth,” she said in the interview.

From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2021

“Go weep or gnash your teeth for Katie – and, no it’s not fair! – but we must hold that seat,” she said.

From The Guardian • Oct. 30, 2019

The quiet was disturbed only by the slup of soup and gnash of chewing, and his father waved his hand to try to drive the moths away from the chimney of the kerosene lamp.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck